Big Tech patents published April 30, 2026

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  Networking

  Google Patents a Compact Optical Element to Fix High-Speed Fiber Dispersion

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  Software

  Google Patents a Psychoacoustic Trick to Decode Compressed Audio More Accurately

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Mixture-of-Experts AI System for Smarter Video Compression

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  Biotech

  X Development Patents AI-Guided Optimization for Biological Synthesis Processes

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Method for Recycling Generative AI Models as Search Encoders

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents an AI System That Shows You Wearing Clothes Without a Fitting Room

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  AI / ML

  ML System Dynamically Optimizes Payment Authorization Requests

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  Software

  Google Patents a Scoring System That Prioritizes Specialist Domains in Search Results

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  Software

  Google Patents Remote Control of Conference Room Devices From Meet's UI

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  AR / VR

  Google Patents a Dual-Pupil Prism System for AR Waveguide Displays

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  AR / VR

  Google Patents a Self-Correcting LED Architecture for Light Field Displays

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  Automotive

  Waymo Patents Transformer-Based AI System for Building Robotaxi Navigation Maps

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  AR / VR

  Google Patents a Color-Correcting Lens System for AR Waveguide Displays

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  Software

  Google Patents a System That Moves Tasks Off Your Overheating Phone

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  Software

  Google Patents a System That Builds 3D Maps From a Quick Video Walkthrough

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  Software

  Google Patents a System That Splits 3D Rendering Between Your Device and the Cloud

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Two-Factor Source-Picking System for AI-Generated Answers

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  Other

  Google Files Patent for Nested Insect-Based Fish Food Capsules

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  Software

  Google Patents a Smarter Way to Keep Database Indexes in Sync at Scale

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents Its Wide & Deep AI Architecture Nearly a Decade After Publishing It

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Speech Recognition Model That Trains Across Languages Using One Alphabet

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Single Text Box That Finds Photos and Generates New AI Content From Them

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents an AI System That Shrinks Photos and Rebuilds Them Full-Size

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Speech Recognition System That Anticipates Your Words

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Self-Correcting Listening Mode for Its Voice Assistant

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a System That Auto-Fills AI Prompts With Cloned Synthetic Data

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  Security

  Google Patents a Privacy-Preserving System for Teaching Smart Speakers Your Sounds

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  Software

  Google Patents a System That Builds Floor Plans From Where People Walk

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Voice Assistant That Adapts to Background Noise Using Mixture-of-Experts AI

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  AR / VR

  AR Headset Sensors Auto-Calibrate While Charging

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  Display

  Google Patents a Smart Display That Wheels Itself Over to You

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  Input & haptics

  Google Patents a Haptic System That Sends a Test Buzz Before the Real One

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents an AI System That Recolors Photos Using Text Descriptions

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a System That Edits Each Part of Your Photo Separately — Automatically

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  Security

  Google Patents On-Device AI That Strips Personal Data Before Cloud Upload

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents an AI System That Re-Shoots Your Videos From New Camera Angles

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Plain-English Interface for Configuring AI Voice Bots

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  Software

  Apple Files Patent for Smarter Health Data Delivery to Users

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  Software

  Apple Patents a System That Builds Playlists From Your Friends' Listening History

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  Networking

  Apple Patents Scheduled 5G Upload Gaps to Sense How Close Your iPhone Is to Your Body

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  Automotive

  Apple Patents a Single Moving Indicator for Hybrid Vehicle Power Dashboards

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  Chip

  Apple Patents a System That Lets Chips Detect and Fix Their Own Stress

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  Networking

  Apple Patents Asymmetric Cellular Protocol That Treats Uploads and Downloads Differently

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  Cell phone

  Apple Patents a Smarter Way for Wireless Chargers to Spot Dangerous Metal

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  Chip

  Apple Patents a Digital-Counting Approach to Measuring RF Signal Power

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  Networking

  Apple Patents a System That Sends Inflated Buffer Reports to Cell Towers for Faster Speeds

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  Networking

  Apple Patents a Self-Healing Wireless System That Fights Dropped Connections

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  Networking

  Apple Patents a System for Wi-Fi Access Points to Coordinate Transmissions in Real Time

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  Networking

  Apple Patents a System for iPhones to Self-Report Signal Measurement Complexity

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  Wearable

  Apple Patents a Wearable That Monitors Your Breathing Using Light Sensors

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  Networking

  Apple Patents a Cross-Link Wi-Fi System That Signals Sleep Mode in Advance

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  Security

  Apple Patents a Screen-Sharing System That Warns You Before Sharing Sensitive Content

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  Display

  Apple Patents a Fix for Subtle Pixel Crosstalk in Electronic Displays

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  Software

  Apple Patents a System for Floating Saved App Snapshots Over Your Current Screen

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  Networking

  Apple Patents an Enhanced Wi-Fi Buffer Reporting System for Congested Networks

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  Networking

  Apple Patents a System for Syncing Wi-Fi Signals Across Multiple Access Points

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  Networking

  Apple Patents a Smoother Cell Tower Handoff System for iPhone

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  Software

  Apple Patents a System for Sharing Content Across Different Apple Accounts

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  Audio

  Apple Patents a Hybrid Magnetic Voice Coil to Squeeze Better Sound from Tiny Speakers

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  Chip

  Apple Patents Chips That Reroute Around Their Own Broken Test Circuits

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  Software

  Apple Patents an iPhone That Switches Modes at Bedtime and Tracks Your Sleep Consistency

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  Display

  Apple Patents a Hybrid Silicon-Oxide Gate Driver for Next-Gen Displays

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  Chip

  Apple Patents a Chip Lid That Corrals Liquid Metal Thermal Paste

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  AR / VR

  Apple Patents a Laser Sensor That Knows When Your Headset Slips

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  Software

  Apple Patents a Distance-Aware System That Auto-Connects iPhone as Mac Webcam

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  Software

  Apple Patents Eye-Gaze Detection That Triggers Hot Corner Actions

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  Display

  Foldable iPhone Patent Reveals Active Screen Stress Management System

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  Security

  Microsoft Wants LLMs to Do Your Threat Modeling For You

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  Security

  Microsoft Patents Low-Cost Masking Circuit for Post-Quantum Cryptography

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents a Split Neural Network System That Runs Across Device and Cloud

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents a System That Lets AI Design Its Own Input Forms

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents an AI System That Scores the Strength of Your Professional Relationships

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents a Weight-Rotating Trick to Keep GPUs Busy During AI Training

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents a 2D Parallel Method for Cheaper Transformer Self-Attention

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  Security

  Microsoft Patents Seasonal-Aware Cloud Usage Anomaly Detection System

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  AR / VR

  Microsoft Patents a Shadow-Map GPU Trick to Fix VR Reprojection Glitches

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents On-Device Video Dubbing That Keeps Translated Speech in Sync

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  Security

  New Browser Patent Detects When Your Medical Data Is Being Leaked

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents an Automatic Quality Filter for Medical Imaging AI

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  Software

  Microsoft Patents a Shared Multi-User AI Chat Session for Copilot

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents an AI System That Reads Your Audience During Video Calls

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents a System That Rewrites Your AI Prompt When You Flag a Bad Answer

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  Security

  Microsoft Patents a Built-In Windows Toggle for AI Data Collection Control

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  Security

  Microsoft Patents an AI Security Agent That Investigates Cyber Threats on Its Own

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  Security

  Microsoft Patents a System That Blocks Dangerous Cloud Config Changes Before They Ship

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  Security

  Microsoft Patents Plain-English AI Search Across Security Log Files

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents an AI Engine That Pre-Writes Teacher Feedback on Student Essays

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents a Two-Stage AI Pipeline for Teaching Robots to Grab Objects

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents a Neural Network That Rewrites Sentences by Swapping Grammar

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents an AI System That Reads and Rewrites Contract Clauses Automatically

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  Automotive

  Nvidia Patents a Synthetic Data Pipeline for 3D Road Surface Detection

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents a Neural Network System That Auto-Corrects Database Queries

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents a Smarter Batching Method for Graph Neural Network Training

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents a System That Amplifies Robot Training Data 100x Automatically

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents an AI System That Learns Where Objects Belong Before Placing Them

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  Software

  Nvidia Patents a Compiler That Auto-Partitions Code Into GPU Warps

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  Automotive

  Nvidia Patents a Self-Correcting Training Loop for Self-Driving AI

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  Automotive

  Nvidia Patents an AI System That Maps Traffic Lights to Specific Lanes

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents a Self-Routing AI Inference System That Skips the Traffic Cop

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents a Diffusion AI System for Teaching Robots to Grab Objects

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents a Multi-Layer Video Captioning System That Can Move Robots

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents a Self-Correcting Sim-to-Real Training Loop for Robots

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents AI Speech Recognition That Timestamps Every Single Word

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  AR / VR

  Meta Patents Radar-Based Facial Expression Tracking for VR Headsets

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  AR / VR

  Meta Patents a Metal-Sheathed Camera Lens Assembly for AR Glasses

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  AR / VR

  Meta Patents a Flexible Facial Interface That Molds to Your Face

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  AR / VR

  Meta Patents an XR Headset That Self-Tunes to Cell Network Congestion

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  Security

  WhatsApp Patents Silent OTP Forwarding That Kills the Copy-Paste Step

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  AR / VR

  Meta Patents a System That Scans Real Clothes Into Virtual Avatars

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  Automotive

  Tesla Files Patent for Ethernet Ring Network to Replace Traditional Car Wiring

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  Security

  Amazon Patents an LLM-Powered System That Reads Emails to Catch Cyberattacks

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